# Jeremiah 1:7

> But the LORD told me:
“Do not say,
‘I am only a child.’
For to everyone I send you,
you must go,
and all that I command you,
you must speak.

— Jeremiah 1:7, Berean Standard Bible

## When

- 627 BC (dated by the text itself)
- Date source: Jeremiah 1:2 dates itself by the thirteenth year of Josiah, which is 627 BC, five years before the Temple reform.

## Who ruled

- **Josiah**, king of Judah, 640-609 BC · Source: 2 Kings 22-23; 2 Chronicles 34-35; his death at Megiddo falls in the Egyptian campaign of 609 BC, which the Babylonian Chronicles record

## See also

- Ezekiel 3:27 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/ezekiel/3/27
- Mark 16:15-16 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/mark/16/15
- Numbers 22:20 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/numbers/22/20
- Ezekiel 3:17-21 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/ezekiel/3/17
- Numbers 22:38 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/numbers/22/38
- 2 Chronicles 18:13 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/2-chronicles/18/13
- Matthew 28:20 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/matthew/28/20
- Jeremiah 1:17-18 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/jeremiah/1/17

Cross-references: OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0.

## This document

- Canonical: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/jeremiah/1/7
- Whole chapter: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/jeremiah/1
- License: Scripture: Berean Standard Bible (BSB), public domain. Source: Scriptoria (scriptoria.digital).